fieri,
fiunt. 3. Fietis, ut fiamus, fis, fiemus. 4. Milites erant tam tardi
ut ante noctem in castra non pervenirent. 5. Sol facit ut omnia sint
pulchra. 6. Eius modi pericula erant ut nemo proficisci vellet.
7. Equites hostium cum equitatu nostro in itinere contenderunt, ita
tamen[1] ut nostri omnibus in partibus superiores essent. 8. Virtus
militum nostrorum fecit ut hostes ne unum quidem[2] impetum sustinerent.
9. Homines erant tam audaces ut nullo modo contineri possent.
10. Spatium erat tam parvum ut milites tela iacere non facile possent.
11. Hoc proelio facto barbari ita perterriti sunt ut ab ultimis gentibus
legati ad Caesarem mitterentur. 12. Hoc proelium factum est ne legati ad
Caesarem mitterentur.

[Footnote 1: /ita tamen\, _with such a result however_.]

[Footnote 2: /ne: ... quidem\, _not even_. The emphatic word is
placed between.]

II. 1. It will happen, they were being made, that it may happen. 2. It
happens, he will be made, to happen. 3. They are made, we were being
made, lest it happen. 4. The soldiers are so brave that they conquer.
5. The soldiers are brave in order that they may conquer. 6. The
fortification was made so strong that it could not be taken. 7. The
fortification was made strong in order that it might not be taken.
8. After the town was taken,[3] the townsmen feared that they would be
made slaves. 9. What state is so weak that it is unwilling to defend
itself?

[Footnote 3: Ablative absolute.]

LESSON LXIX

THE SUBJUNCTIVE OF CHARACTERISTIC OR DESCRIPTION
THE PREDICATE ACCUSATIVE

_389._ Akin to the subjunctive of consequence or result is the use of
the subjunctive in clauses of characteristic or description.

This construction is illustrated in the following sentences:

1. Quis est qui suam domum non amet? _who is there who does not love
his own home?_

2. Erant qui hoc facere nollent, _there were (some) who were
unwilling to do this._

3. Tu non is es qui amicos tradas, _you are not such a one as to_,
or _you are not the man to, betray your friends._

4. Nihil video quod timeam, _I see nothing to fear_ (nothing of such
as character as to fear it).

_a._ Each of these examples contains a descriptive relative clause
which tells what kind of a person or thing the antecedent is. To
express this thought the subjunctive is used. A relative clause that
merely states a fact and does not describe the antecedent uses the